Vladimir Putin indicated this Friday that Russian Orechnik missiles could be deployed in Belarus during the second half of 2025.
This missile has already been used against a Ukrainian city.
The Russian president ever more threatening. Vladimir Putin judged this Friday “possible” a deployment in Belarus of the latest generation Russian Orechnik missiles from the second half of 2025. “I consider that the positioning of (Russian) weapons such as Oreshnik on the territory of Belarus is possible”declared the Russian president alongside his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, after signing a mutual agreement on security guarantees in Minsk.
A weapon that can carry a nuclear charge
“I think this will become possible in the second half of next year, when production of these weapons increases in Russia and these missiles enter service with the Russian strategic forces”he clarified. “We will have set up mass production” et “at the same time, we will begin to deploy them on the territory of Belarus”said the Russian president under the auspices of the presidential palace in Minsk, according to a broadcast on Russian television.
Vladimir Putin has boasted in recent days about the characteristics of his experimental Orechnik intermediate-range missile, a weapon that can carry a nuclear warhead and strike thousands of kilometers away. The Russian army used this missile for the first time on November 21 against a Ukrainian city. The Russian president presented this attack as a response to recent Ukrainian strikes against Russian soil using American and British missiles, while threatening to directly strike the countries that arm kyiv.
-The master of the Kremlin also threatened to strike “decision centers” in kyiv with its powerful Orechnik missile. During a review of Russian nuclear doctrine at the end of September, Vladimir Putin had already assured that the Russian army would protect Belarus with its nuclear weapons “in case of attack”. Belarus, Russia's closest ally, borders three NATO member countries – Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland – as well as Ukraine.
